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The Litening Lager may offer reduced calories and a lighter body and malt flavor, but its hops remain intact. For the "light" beer drinker that may or may not work, but for the beer aficianado it's a pleasant surprise!
Its clear, deep gold body is capped by a thin, bright-white head that immediately turns to a thin collar and leaves little lace. The nose is clean but offers little more than a hint of malt, a very light touch of fruit, and some background hops. It's light, crisp, and invigorating in the mouth! The flavor is refreshingly hoppy with a delicate malt. It's grassy and dry; and finishes short, crisp and dry. Basic. Clean. Refreshing. Drinkable.

What can you can, it's light and clean - no brewing flaws here. I guess I can commend Lancaster for making a lawnmower beer with no defects, but any praise for flavor would be misguided. There's no personality. This beer doesn't really taste like anything other than lagered pale grains with a little something from the yeast.

It is a classic American Light Lager. Certainly a well executed beer for the masses. Significantly more malty/flavor that the mass market beers (Bud, Mller, Coors). Nice crisp finish, and the people I was with all enjoyed theirs.

So you have a well executed Light Lager. I think Lancaster did what they set out to do.

Appears a light pale gold with a decent white head with small scatterings of lacing to be seen and solid carbonation pumping away.
Smell is of light malt and a distinct hop aroma.
Taste is decent. Nothing to make you jump up and down but the light malt and crisp level of hops makes this smooth brew a decent pick, even for a light beer...which I didn't even know when I drank it.

I had this beer on-tap at Lancaster Brewing Company this evening, and it was not surprising or special but met the minimum expectations I have for a light lager. It did so happen to get 3's across the board from me. I believe that it was what brewers should strive for as a minimum bar for all their light lagers. While I gave it a 3 across the board I do think that it is above average as an industry standard, its just that IMO many fall a bit short. The appearance was a golden yellow color with a nice white head. Not much smell at all. What I could get from the aroma was a slight bit of subtle hops, basically the same as every other beer is this genre. Average. The taste is better than the average light lager but not all that interesting either. Very balanced and inoffensive. Smooth and crisp. An easy drinking beer, if this is the style you are looking for. As Light beers go, not bad Lancaster.

This beer had a huge head with a seemingly unending effervescence! The color was a deep, opaque yellow, bordering on amber. I could not notice much in the way of either the nose or the finish. I noted a lingering metallic aftertaste, but even that had to be really sought out. This is somewhat of an inoffensive beer, probably designed for the widest possible customer base, and especially those who are new to the microbrew scene. The longer that I drank this beer, the more I noticed both a generic beer smell on the nose, as well as a sweetish flavor on the tongue. Not bad, but certainly not my first choice.

Most brewpubs try to do a "lite" to try to win over unwashed masses. Most of them fail. Lancaster got this one right. This fine lager beer is light in color and body, but still refreshing with solid malt sweetness and a mild balanced finish. Compares favorably with Pennsylvania's favorite son Yeungling with the Lancaster winning out with better balance.